Christy Harrison, MPH, RD

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, is a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. She’s the author of the books The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being (2023), and Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating (2019). Christy is also the coauthor, with psychotherapist Judith Matz, of The Making Peace with Food Card Deck (2021). Christy is the producer and host of two podcasts, Rethinking Wellness and Food Psych, which have helped tens of thousands of listeners around the world think critically about diet and wellness culture and develop more peaceful relationships with food. Learn more about her work at christyharrison.com.

Why Is My New Book About Wellness?

Published over 1 year ago • 7 min read

This week: Some of the reasons I decided to do a deep dive into wellness culture, plus a conversation about the long shadow of clean eating. April 10, 2023 Episode 5 of Rethinking Wellness is available now, and it’s a great one! Nutritionist and author Laura Thomas joined me to discuss what it’s like for kids living in the long shadow of clean eating, the “almond mom” trend on TikTok, the “wellness to woo pipeline,” how parents and caregivers can let go of wellness-culture beliefs about food...

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